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Ed Ruckey is an avid fly fisher, fly tyer, and mentor. He joined the Fourth Corner Fly Fishers in 1986 and has held numerous positions in the club.The club recognized his countless hours mentoring others in 2002, with the establishment the Ed Ruckey Mentor Award. He is also a gifted artist and illustrator, with his illustrations appearing in Dan Homel's, Diary of Northwest Trout Flies (1991). Mr. Ruckey has also been involved in conservation work and was an early member of the Wild Fish Conservancy.

Noted Northwest fly fishing historian and avid fly fisher, Berryman is also deeply committed to conservation efforts serving as trustee and second president of the Wild Steelhead Coalition (WSC). His freelance writing and photography career began in 1986 and led to over 300 published articles and a wealth of photographs documenting his travels. He retired from the University of Washington's School of Medicine as Professor Emeritus of Medical History.

Tom Fulk has been a member of the Fidalgo Fly Fishers since 1990, serving in many capacities including president. Beyond fishing he is a skilled wood worker leading him to the making of bamboo fly rods. He has also designed and built wooden boats. He was the recipient of the Letcher Lambuth Angling Craftsman Award from the Washington Fly Fishing Club in 2018.

A proposal is made at the Flyfishers Club of Oregon for a national fly fishing organization with the goals of protecting fishing resources and providing education on the subject of fly fishing. The club presents Roderick Haig-Brown with a citation of lifelong contribution to the sport of fly fishing. Roderick Haig-Brown comments on the creation of various fly fishing organizations in North America and the burgeoning numbers of sports fishermen, necessitating greater attention to the waters as well as to fish stocks. He recommends support of creation of manmade lakes and fisheries along with the protection and preservation of wild fish and their streams in order to distribute the pressure on the resources more evenly. He expresses optimism in the future as regards damming, pollution, and stream management. He emphasizes the public ownership of these natural resources and the need to chronicle the developments, materials, and literature peculiar to the North American continent, nevertheless pointing out certain difficulties in the collection of artifacts. Audio available in-house at the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies.

Roderick Haig-Brown discourses on the distribution of steelhead in the Pacific Northwest, explaining the relatively low fertility of the British Columbia coastal stream, and the mutually beneficial relationship between Pacific salmon runs and steelhead runs. He discusses the lack of effective stream management by government and the recent legislation designed to protect steelhead and salmon runs. He proposes a remedy of prioritizing land use decisions to center on recreation and fisheries rather than development, arguing that enough is known to put best practices into place. He explains the importance of the estuary in the life cycle and survival of fish and emphasizes the need to manage them with fisheries in mind. He disparages the use of hatcheries as an overly expensive and politically facile solution that should only be used as a last resort, producing inferior and disease-prone fish among other serious disadvantages. He summarizes the discussion on fisheries management and hatcheries at a recent American steelhead society meeting in California. As an aside, he touches on the possible solutions to the puzzle of identifying the major coho spawning streams on the Strait of Georgia. He recommends a program for improving the quality of the fishermen themselves as well as fisheries management through licensing programs that charge more for licenses and incorporate fishing education. In responding to a question from the audience, he discusses fish ladders. Audio available in-house at the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies.

Roderick Haig-Brown reminisces about his first days in the Pacific Northwest in Seattle in the 1920s and 1930s, visiting Eddie Bauer's store, some of his favorite books, fishing expeditions, and the influence of Easterners coming out for public works projects. He turns to more serious subjects, discussing the quality of the fishing experience, the detrimental effects of hatcheries, and the challenge of maintaining clean streams. Audio available in-house at the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies.

Henry Hoffman is most noted for his work in breeding chickens to produce high quality feathers (hackle) for fly tyers. He was named the Oregon Fly Tyer of the Year in 2000, and was the recipient of the Buz Buszek Memorial Fly Tying Award in 2008.

Paul Ford along with his wife, Mary Ann, established The Paul and Mary Ann Ford Fly Fishing Collection, at WWU Libraries Special Collections. In this interview they discuss their passion for book collecting and related anecdotes.

Longtime fly fisherman, originator of the Skykomish Sunrise, son of Ken McLeod (outdoor editor for The Seattle Post-Intelligencer). He was born in Seattle in 1921 and passed away in Anacortes on September 17, 2016.

Avid fly fisherman and fly tyer; long time member of the Inland Empire Fly Fishing Club, has served as demonstration fly tyer at state, regional and national shows, served on the International Federation of Fly Fishers (IFFF) Fly Tying Group Board of Governors, and the Washington Council of the IFFF (V.P. for Communications). He was awarded the prestigious Dick Nelson Fly Tying Teaching Award at the 2013 International Federation of Fly Fishing Fair in West Yellowstone, Montana.

John Alevras was raised in New Jersey fishing the Catskill trout streams, and limestone creeks of the Cumberland Valley as a youth. His adult years have found him fishing the rivers of the Northern Rockies and wild steelhead waters of Washington, Oregon and British Columbia. His early passion for the sport was recognized by well known fly fishers and fly tyers who mentored him. All of this led to a passion for the literature and book collecting. In addition he has authored a book and several articles, and is recognized as a skilled fly tyer in his own right.